Last Updated: October 3, 2026
This Notice applies to healthcare and wellness services provided by D’NuVi Wellness & Hydration, PLLC, doing business as D’NuVi Medical Care, including primary care, Direct Primary Care, medical weight management, telehealth, wellness injections, IV hydration and infusion therapy, mobile and home-based services, cosmetic injectable services, clinical optimization services, laboratory services, prescription management, and other healthcare and wellness services provided by the practice.
This Notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully.
At D’NuVi, we understand that information about you and your health is personal. We are committed to protecting your medical information. We create a record of the care and services you receive to provide quality care and to comply with legal requirements. This Notice applies to all of the records of your care that we maintain.
We are required by law to:
Keep your medical information private
Give you this Notice of our legal duties and privacy practices
Follow the terms of the Notice that is currently in effect
Notify you if there is a breach of your unsecured protected health information
Treatment: We may use and disclose your medical information to provide you with medical treatment or services. For example, we may share your medical information with doctors, nurses, technicians, or other personnel involved in your care.
Payment: We may use and disclose your medical information to bill and receive payment for the treatment and services provided to you. For example, we may provide information to your health insurance plan about services you received so your health plan will pay us.
Healthcare Operations: We may use and disclose your medical information for healthcare operations. These include quality assessment, training programs, accreditation, certification, licensing, or credentialing activities.
Appointment Reminders: We may contact you as a reminder that you have an appointment for treatment or medical care.
Treatment Alternatives: We may tell you about treatment options or alternatives or other health-related benefits and services that may be of interest to you.
Telehealth Services: If you receive care via telehealth services, your information may be transmitted electronically. While we maintain appropriate safeguards, transmission of information via electronic means carries inherent risks.
Individuals Involved in Your Care: We may disclose your medical information to a family member, friend, or other person designated by you who is involved in your medical care or payment for your care.
Research: Under certain circumstances, we may use and disclose your medical information for research purposes. For example, a research project may involve comparing the health and recovery of patients who received one medication to those who received another.
As Required By Law: We will disclose your medical information when required to do so by federal, state, or local law.
To the extent D’NuVi Wellness & Hydration, PLLC receives or maintains substance use disorder patient records protected under 42 CFR Part 2, those records receive additional confidentiality protections.
We will not use or disclose Part 2-protected substance use disorder records in civil, criminal, administrative, or legislative investigations or proceedings against you unless you provide specific written consent or the disclosure is authorized by an appropriate court order and subpoena as permitted by law.
Other uses and disclosures of Part 2-protected records will be handled in accordance with applicable federal law.
Public Health Risks: We may disclose your medical information for public health activities, such as:
Preventing or controlling disease, injury, or disability
Reporting births and deaths
Reporting adverse reactions to medications or problems with products
Notifying people of recalls of products they may be using
Notifying a person who may have been exposed to a disease or may be at risk for contracting or spreading a disease
Health Oversight Activities: We may disclose your medical information to a health oversight agency for activities authorized by law, such as audits, investigations, inspections, and licensure.
Lawsuits and Disputes: If you are involved in a lawsuit or dispute, we may disclose your medical information in response to a court or administrative order. We may also disclose your medical information in response to a subpoena, discovery request, or other lawful process by someone else involved in the dispute, but only if efforts have been made to tell you about the request or to obtain an order protecting the information requested.
Law Enforcement: We may release medical information if asked to do so by a law enforcement official:
In response to a court order, subpoena, warrant, summons, or similar process
To identify or locate a suspect, fugitive, material witness, or missing person
About the victim of a crime if, under certain limited circumstances, we are unable to obtain the person's agreement
About a death we believe may be the result of criminal conduct
About criminal conduct on our premises
In emergency circumstances to report a crime, the location of the crime or victims, or the identity, description, or location of the person who committed the crime
Right to Inspect and Copy: You have the right to inspect and copy medical information that may be used to make decisions about your care. Usually, this includes medical and billing records. To inspect and copy your medical information, you must submit your request in writing. We may charge a fee for the costs of copying, mailing, or other supplies associated with your request.
Right to Amend: If you feel that medical information we have about you is incorrect or incomplete, you may ask us to amend the information. You have the right to request an amendment for as long as the information is kept by or for our practice. Your request must be made in writing and submitted to our Privacy Officer.
Right to an Accounting of Disclosures: You have the right to request an “accounting of disclosures.” This is a list of the disclosures we made of your medical information for purposes other than treatment, payment, or healthcare operations. Your request must state a time period, which may not be longer than six years.
Right to Request Restrictions: You have the right to request a restriction or limitation on the medical information we use or disclose about you for treatment, payment, or healthcare operations. You also have the right to request a limit on the medical information we disclose about you to someone who is involved in your care or the payment for your care, such as a family member or friend.
Right to Request Confidential Communications: You have the right to request that we communicate with you about medical matters in a certain way or at a certain location. For example, you can ask that we only contact you at work or by mail.
Right to a Paper Copy of This Notice: You have the right to a paper copy of this Notice. You may ask us to give you a copy of this Notice at any time.
Right to Opt Out of Fundraising Communications: You have the right to opt out of receiving fundraising communications from us.
Right to Restrict Disclosures to Health Plan: If you pay for a service or healthcare item out-of-pocket in full, you can ask us not to share that information for the purpose of payment or our operations with your health insurer.
We reserve the right to change this Notice. We reserve the right to make the revised or changed Notice effective for medical information we already have about you as well as any information we receive in the future.
We will make the current Notice available as required by applicable law. The Notice will contain the effective date.
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with our practice or with the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
To file a complaint with our practice, contact our Privacy Officer:
Privacy Officer: Danita Mitchell, APRN, FNP-C
Email: [email protected]
Business Address: 700 Tech Center Parkway, Suite 200-29, Newport News, VA 23606
Phone: (757) 720-2544
All complaints must be submitted in writing. You will not be penalized for filing a complaint.
Other uses and disclosures of medical information not covered by this Notice or the laws that apply to us will be made only with your written permission.
These include most uses and disclosures of psychotherapy notes, marketing, and the sale of your information.
If you provide us permission to use or disclose your medical information, you may revoke that permission, in writing, at any time.
If you revoke your permission, we will no longer use or disclose your medical information for the reasons covered by your written authorization.
You understand that we are unable to take back any disclosures we have already made with your permission.
Additional restrictions may apply to substance use disorder patient records protected under 42 CFR Part 2.